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more about #textingwhiledriving superberg: Not eating! There are so many people who are forced to eat on the go. Plus, when you smell those fries sitting next to you on the passenger seat, how ... more » Unspellable: I take comfort: only 3% are likely as stupid as Homer J. #texting more » bonedog73: Don't do it! One day you're just calmly driving down the road texting... Then the next you're electrocuting yourself to death in a bathtub full of co... more » Rususeruru: Who cares? It's really just another unenforceable law on the books. I mean what are they going to do, pull you over and check your time stamps and th... more » nutbastard: yeah i'd want to know who they asked. 97%? not even 97% of the country thinks cocaine ought to be illegal. #texting more » Guard: I had multiple sleep studies done a few years back to try to figure out why I was falling asleep while driving. I would have to physically hold my eye... more » G3rusz: I need to ask some questions: What on the fucking Earth is so important to text that it can't wait until you stopped the 3-5000 lbs of fast moving iro... more » willburns1: I don't see how that can be true. I don't think it should be illegal. If we made everything that was a little bit dangerous illegal what would we be a... more » iamnotafish: I think they should ban putting on makeup while driving. I've seen too many women driving down the street, putting on mascara in their visor mirror an... more » Dave Powell: I text and drive, and I don't think that it should be a crime. How about giving tickets to just people that actually CAUSE an accident, instead of peo... more » blash: "What's fascinating is that while 80 percent think phones should be a no-no, they deem it kosher if you're going hands-free." Is it? Fact is, the ele... more » Zerod Zunaro: 3% don't care. That's a whole 3 percent of 300 million ish country. That's 3 million that don't care about text and drive. In which case, that well en... more » fatbencher: 97% agreed it should be banned. And 100% of those 97% just kept right on doing it themselves, because it's the other people who can't do it responsibl... more » d1zzle: Proof positive that 97% of Americans are slack jawed troglodytes who are tools of the media and most likely can't chew gum and safely operate a vehicl... more » Bertone77: Nope, nothing wrong with texting while driving.... #texting more » Pope John Peeps II: Personally, I think we should also ban eating, drinking, using combs or makeup, overly talkative passengers, any kind of music, talk radio, GPS naviga... more » Voyou_Charmant: TYRANNY!!!!!!11 Tranny, I mean Tranny. Sorry, I thought I was on Fleshbot. more » dry-roasted-peanuts: But jerking off in your car while stuck in a jam is still cool, right? more » otko: LOBO, LOBO, BRING BACK SHERIFF LOBO! more » lostlikeme: there's no way to enforce this. and newsflash, doing anything besides driving, while driving, is distracting. plenty of accidents are caused by pe... more » -
#cellphones
Only 3 Percent of Americans Think It Should Be Legal to Text and Drive
I didn't think 97 percent of Americans were in agreement about anything, but apparently they are about texting while driving: They think it should be illegal. A mere 3 percent don't care, or didn't answer cause they were busy texting. More » -
#obama
Obama Bans Government Employees From Driving While Texting
An executive order from President Obama bans all government employees—including soldiers and postal workers—from texting while driving if they're working, driving one of Uncle Sam's cars or using one of his cellphones. Meaning we're all next. [Ars] -
#texting
Texting While Driving Results in One Death, One Felony and Seven Misdemeanor Charges
Utah's getting harsh on texting while driving, but it looks like Florida may be among the first states to issue some serious punishment: A 17 year old man is facing a second degree felony and seven first-degree misdemeanor charges. More » -
#crime
Utah Now Punishes Texting While Driving With Up to 15 Years in Prison
The Senate may be trying to pass a federal ban on texting while driving, but Utah recently passed a much stronger bill: It views the act is inherently reckless and punishes it as harshly as drunk driving. More » -
#texting
Texting While Driving PSA Delivers Bloody, Bone-Crunching Message
Holy shit. The initial accident is bad enough, but the creators of this texting PSA, not content with the usual scare tactics, add in some flying glass and a neck crunch to hammer things home. Then the second car appears. More » -
#politics
Senate Pushes Bill to Ban Texting While Driving
Though 14 states have already banned text messaging while driving, the Senate introduced a bill today that would essentially force the remaining states to pass a similar bill—despite there being no good way to enforce such a ban. More » -
#textingwhiledriving
Shepard Smith 'Guaran-Darn-Tees Ya' That His BlackBerry Is Safer Than a Big Mac
Shep Smith can get 140 characters down with his BlackBerry without taking his eyes off the road, but he can't eat a Big Mac without crashing. Surprising since it shouldn't take more than one bite with that mouth. -
#questionoftheday
Question of the Day: Do You Text While Driving?
Man, people really laid into me for texting while driving as a part of reviewing the N97. It's unsafe, no doubt, but the reality is, people do it. Do you? More » -
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#rants
Texting While Driving Is Becoming Ridiculous
It's pretty redundant to make laws outlawing texting while driving because it already falls under laws covering distracted driving, but holy crap, something needs to be done about it.
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